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times," she moved to the obama administration. "washington post" dustin thompson, he or she moved into the obama administration. roberta baskin, cbs news, she moved into the obama administration beard "washington post" warren bass, outlook section, he moved into the obama administration. education weekly reporter, david hoff, moved into the obama administration. cnn senior clinical producer sasha johnson, she moved into the obama administration. "chicago...
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the obama administration were pressuring democrats on the fence. there are a lot of democrats supporting the iran deal, a 40-vote threshold because they were worried about being primaried about the obama machine. 40 democrats is what it took to get the iran deal passed to go forward in the senate. it was very concerning. i think the administration used these conversations to put pressure on democrat senators and use it as leverage. liz: the book is yet to be written on what the obama administration was up to. thank you see much. appreciate it, sir. the house democrats' plans to impeach probe as the russia probe goes away. we have the latest on the debate on whether the impeachment push will fall flat. like you, my hands are everything to me. but i was diagnosed with dupuytren's contracture. and it got to the point where things i took for granted got tougher to do. thought surgery was my only option. turns out i was wrong. so when a hand specialist told me about nonsurgical treatments, it was a total game changer. like you, my hands have a lot more
the obama administration were pressuring democrats on the fence. there are a lot of democrats supporting the iran deal, a 40-vote threshold because they were worried about being primaried about the obama machine. 40 democrats is what it took to get the iran deal passed to go forward in the senate. it was very concerning. i think the administration used these conversations to put pressure on democrat senators and use it as leverage. liz: the book is yet to be written on what the obama...
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quote, obama administration rushed to preserve intelligence of russian election hacking. that was the headline. here is the lead. quote, in the obama administration's last day, white house officials scrambled to spread across the government information about russian efforts to undermine the presidential election and about possible contacts between associates of president-elect donald trump and russians. former american officials say they had two aims, to ensure that such meddling isn't duplicated in future elections, and to leave a clear trail of intelligence for government investigators. amid what "the times" describes as fears that intelligence could be covered up or destroyed or its sources exposed once power changed hands, what followed was a push to preserve the intelligence. quote, as inauguration day approached, obama white house officials grew convinced that the intelligence they had was damning and that they needed to ensure that as many people as possible inside government could see it, even if people without security clearances could not. some officials began a
quote, obama administration rushed to preserve intelligence of russian election hacking. that was the headline. here is the lead. quote, in the obama administration's last day, white house officials scrambled to spread across the government information about russian efforts to undermine the presidential election and about possible contacts between associates of president-elect donald trump and russians. former american officials say they had two aims, to ensure that such meddling isn't...
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that was a very robust debate, even within the obama administration. in the end, came down on the side of something new. obviously, the trump administration, because it was so early in that program, could not make a determination. -- could make its own determination. that debate i'm sure will continue on just a little bit. i certainly hope not, nafta is not the model, and i will just leave it at that. because it is a good treaty, everybody is in compliance and there is huge benefit from it. i don't know what a new treaty would look like. i don't know how you would make it better. >> i would say just modest adjustments and a new title, i would take it. that's what happened to nafta. >> i would take it. but the beauty of new start extension is it doesn't have to go back to the senate, and there is a lot to be said for that. >> and i would note that if you reopen things, the russians are going to have their long list of issues that they would like included in any new treaty. rebecca? >> this issue on extension is very important. the negotiators created th
that was a very robust debate, even within the obama administration. in the end, came down on the side of something new. obviously, the trump administration, because it was so early in that program, could not make a determination. -- could make its own determination. that debate i'm sure will continue on just a little bit. i certainly hope not, nafta is not the model, and i will just leave it at that. because it is a good treaty, everybody is in compliance and there is huge benefit from it. i...
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although the trump administration has moved from the effort of the obama administration to reach out to iran and turn a blind eye in the region to the advance of iranian assets on the ground, and it has moved instead to a traditional containment policy that strengthens our traditional allies, but in certain areas the old obama framework is still there, because we are building on government institutions in iraq that the iranians have inserted. lebanon as well. the popular mobilization units are mafias, and they take what they want. the idea that we are building up assets against them, it does not work because what they do is they begin to take chunks of the government so that they can siphon legitimate lebanese money and legitimate iraqi money and that get siphoned to activities that are controlled by the iranians. that is a hole and the possibility. i agree with everything that rebeccah said and what ray said. this policy, i think challenging iran is a necessity of the united states in the middle east, and i think what the trump administration has put in place is the best and offers
although the trump administration has moved from the effort of the obama administration to reach out to iran and turn a blind eye in the region to the advance of iranian assets on the ground, and it has moved instead to a traditional containment policy that strengthens our traditional allies, but in certain areas the old obama framework is still there, because we are building on government institutions in iraq that the iranians have inserted. lebanon as well. the popular mobilization units are...
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well that's actually the argument of the obama administration the obama administration was not making the argument that they that the release of this information was a humanitarian gesture or a gesture of good will of the obama administration was basically asserting that unless the united states engaged in what appeared at least to be transparent reporting to the public that the enemy would be able to propagandize about how bad u.s. drone warfare was targeting civilian communities targeting children even if not targeting them killing them accidentally so the obama administration rationale for the program was to take a propaganda weapon away from the extremist organizations that it was fighting whether they were in somalia or other countries so it wasn't a goodwill gesture it was really part of a military effort to see campaign on the part of the obama administration denying the enemy a propaganda tool what do you make of the timing of this executive order well i think what we can see is that donald trump is all in with saudi arabia again the trouble ministration designated yemen an ar
well that's actually the argument of the obama administration the obama administration was not making the argument that they that the release of this information was a humanitarian gesture or a gesture of good will of the obama administration was basically asserting that unless the united states engaged in what appeared at least to be transparent reporting to the public that the enemy would be able to propagandize about how bad u.s. drone warfare was targeting civilian communities targeting...
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administration failed to live up to its commitments and the irony is the obama administration did live up to its funding and the additional funding was provided in the fy 12 visit, which is nsa future new security program and those out years were extraordinarily high compared to where things were. the problem was congress didn't live up to that deal. and when you go back and you really do this chasing of the numbers thing, all of that commitment from dod to transfer top line didn't matter because basically it never happened. and in the fiscal year 12 president's budget request for nsa, which was the request that the administration had bumped up by about 600 million for that year based on all of the conversations that had occurred and the dod commitment, that budget request was 7.6 million. and by the time it got appropriated there was already 400 million missing. it was 7.2 million -- 7.2 billion. and by the time you get into now the fy 13, so one year later, the numbers for the out years are down substantially because we are now getting into this world of sequestration and budget cont
administration failed to live up to its commitments and the irony is the obama administration did live up to its funding and the additional funding was provided in the fy 12 visit, which is nsa future new security program and those out years were extraordinarily high compared to where things were. the problem was congress didn't live up to that deal. and when you go back and you really do this chasing of the numbers thing, all of that commitment from dod to transfer top line didn't matter...
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criminals were making their way in under the obama administration. and then once we had to provide them humanitarian assistant, several were complaining about abuse they suffered at the understands of people paid by the obama administration to take care of them. if this had been a list of trump administration offenses it would be front page news everywhere. what you hear about the trump administration, which in many ways is unverified. we have verified in government document about obama administration in terms of abuse. and the crisis humanitarian crisis caused by the open borders under obama. david: i have to ask you about this cuomo bill that certainly gives the right to reveal new york state tax information from donald trump with rest of the world. what do you make of this. >> third word style attack on rule of law, targeting president trump, more harassment of trump, it never ends, in my view census judicial make by supreme court and lower courts is judicial harassment of president trump, and now harassment in new york of the president with this
criminals were making their way in under the obama administration. and then once we had to provide them humanitarian assistant, several were complaining about abuse they suffered at the understands of people paid by the obama administration to take care of them. if this had been a list of trump administration offenses it would be front page news everywhere. what you hear about the trump administration, which in many ways is unverified. we have verified in government document about obama...
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wasa' it a more for president obama's administration to proudly barrel the same kind of steel flat barriers that president trump now wants more of? is speaker pelosi calling sitting democrats them or because they voted to invest aliens and border security over the past few years alone? i'd like to see how this new philosophical opposition to the existence of wall place out in practice. shouldn't the speaker introduced a bill to destroy the wall and fencing that already exists? if they are immoral. or maybe this actually isn't a new principle stand by democrats maybe this is all one big political gain. no negotiation, no collaboratio collaboration. political game playing. consider the latest tactics for my democratic colleagues. president just needs to drop his request and agree to the democrats plan to reopen the government, and then, then they will talk about border security. except they couldn't even keep up that act either. when president trump and speaker pelosi met last week, the president but the question to herr directly, if the government were reopened with democrats after 30 days t
wasa' it a more for president obama's administration to proudly barrel the same kind of steel flat barriers that president trump now wants more of? is speaker pelosi calling sitting democrats them or because they voted to invest aliens and border security over the past few years alone? i'd like to see how this new philosophical opposition to the existence of wall place out in practice. shouldn't the speaker introduced a bill to destroy the wall and fencing that already exists? if they are...
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under this quote, fragile consensus, the obama administration and congress agreed that the united states would modernize its strategic nuclear deterrent but would also support effective and verifiable strategic nuclear arms control agreements. ... it's been a number of factors that are contributing to this. some experts believe the cost associated with strategic modernization are just unaffordable and other experts believe russians violation of arms control agreements like the inf treaty has raised serious questions about the efficacy of the us remaining in the new start treaty. other experts believe the current modernization program is far in excess of what it is necessary to maintain effective deterrence. some experts believe the trump administration's approach to arms-control is undermining the consensus. in our discussion today i'd like to explore three broad questions. first, what was specifically agreed to back in 2010 with regard to new start in strategic organization. second, what is the current state of the debate during the trump administration? in third, what steps need to be
under this quote, fragile consensus, the obama administration and congress agreed that the united states would modernize its strategic nuclear deterrent but would also support effective and verifiable strategic nuclear arms control agreements. ... it's been a number of factors that are contributing to this. some experts believe the cost associated with strategic modernization are just unaffordable and other experts believe russians violation of arms control agreements like the inf treaty has...
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the obama administration was in terms of negotiating a deal. that the obamaas administration so desperately wanted a deal that we were, our the united states was a disadvantage about the terms. the iranians were willing to more so than ime what the obama administration was willing to walk. theory at e working the time. it has been proven out over and over again now that we're pulling out of the deal and now are desperate to hold on -- now they're trying to the trump it while administration is saying, you now what, i can sit here for a little longer while we ratchet up the pressure. the pressure is getting the back.ans they flipped the tables. the more we can solidify that to the iranians are desperate for the deal, the machines are saying, you know a better place than we were over the last eight years, the more we can do that. noton't have to get -- it's we don't have to get any kind of deal. we can actually wait and sigh until we get a deal for the united states. can i say one more thing. negotiation, there is a negotiation going on, you can s
the obama administration was in terms of negotiating a deal. that the obamaas administration so desperately wanted a deal that we were, our the united states was a disadvantage about the terms. the iranians were willing to more so than ime what the obama administration was willing to walk. theory at e working the time. it has been proven out over and over again now that we're pulling out of the deal and now are desperate to hold on -- now they're trying to the trump it while administration is...
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what was your toughest choice during the obama administration? >> i mean, by definition the issues that came to my desk and therefore went on to the president's desk were the toughest issues. the easier ones got resolved at lower levels. i write about a number of issues we wrestled with in the obama administration and how we wrestled with them and i say in the book, the hardest collection or constellation of issues in my judgment and our time revolved around syria. and you know, there were different elements to those questions. should we fight isis? yes, that wasn't a hard one. should we use military force in response to the use of chemical weapons consistent with president obama's so-called red line without congressional authorization? the president decided not. but then negotiated the removal of the bulk of the chemical stock pile and its destruction. i dissented on that and i thought he should go ahead without congressional authorization and how we deliberated on that and really, the third and the hardest issue which we wrestled with for years
what was your toughest choice during the obama administration? >> i mean, by definition the issues that came to my desk and therefore went on to the president's desk were the toughest issues. the easier ones got resolved at lower levels. i write about a number of issues we wrestled with in the obama administration and how we wrestled with them and i say in the book, the hardest collection or constellation of issues in my judgment and our time revolved around syria. and you know, there...
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in the obama administration, the best thing. >> he best day of the obama administration. for me there were many but the happiest day for me had nothing to do with foreign policy. it was the day the supreme court affirmed the right of marriage. that was such a happy day because one, it was so right and two, it was so joyful and it mattered in the most profound way. i still get choked up thinking about it but we live at the white house in rainbow colors and everybody celebrated regardless of their sexual orientation or who they love. it was a a moment of pure joy. >> i wouldn't have guessed that. what's the worst day for you. [laughter] >> too many to count. i ride about it in the book. some of you may choose not to hear this it revolved around the snowdon experience. some tough days around russian interference and the election but honestly i can't name all of them. there were also a lot of good days when it came to national security and foreign policy. the fact that as i ride in the book we really jump landing on ndat. we had two years of secret negotiations than ever leak
in the obama administration, the best thing. >> he best day of the obama administration. for me there were many but the happiest day for me had nothing to do with foreign policy. it was the day the supreme court affirmed the right of marriage. that was such a happy day because one, it was so right and two, it was so joyful and it mattered in the most profound way. i still get choked up thinking about it but we live at the white house in rainbow colors and everybody celebrated regardless...
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obviously brennan, comey, the leadership of the obama administration. that's what they are nervous about. so what are they doing? they are trying to pretend president trump did something wrong. judge jeanine: i will go even higher than brennan. i will go right to the white house. >> obama knew, he was running the show. comey testified about that. he said before i met with trump about the dossier i was in the oval office with the president and biden. judge jeanine: charlie kirk is next. judge jeanine: the mainstream media is at it again over the impeachment. joining us is charlie kirk. matthew dowd is the chief political analyst at abc. which is the network that deep sixed the story on jeffrey epstein. matthew dowd tweets. elise h stefanik is an example j why just electing someone because they are a woman or a millennial doesn't necessarily get you the leaders you wanted. >> there would be revolt if they said that about alexandria ocasio-cortez. elise stefanik did a great job. i was at an event with her tonight. she has been so terrific defending the pre
obviously brennan, comey, the leadership of the obama administration. that's what they are nervous about. so what are they doing? they are trying to pretend president trump did something wrong. judge jeanine: i will go even higher than brennan. i will go right to the white house. >> obama knew, he was running the show. comey testified about that. he said before i met with trump about the dossier i was in the oval office with the president and biden. judge jeanine: charlie kirk is next....
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obviously brennan, comey, the leadership of the obama administration. that's what they are nervous about. so what are they doing? they are trying to pretend president trump did something wrong. judge jeanine: i will go even higher than brennan. i will go right to the white house. >> obama knew, he was running the show. comey testified about that. he said before i met with trump about the dossier i was in the oval office with the president and biden. judge jeanine: charlie kirk is next. ny ways. which cage free eggs taste fresher and more delicious? only eggland's best. which organic eggs have more vitamins and less saturated fat? only eggland's best. better taste, better nutrition, better eggs. the amount of student loan debt i have, i'm embarrassed to even say. we just decided we didn't want debt any longer. ♪ i didn't realize how easy investing could be. i'm picking companies that i believe in. ♪ i think sofi money is amazing. ♪ thank you sofi. sofi thank you, we love you. ♪ judge jeanine: the mainstream media is at it again over the impeachme
obviously brennan, comey, the leadership of the obama administration. that's what they are nervous about. so what are they doing? they are trying to pretend president trump did something wrong. judge jeanine: i will go even higher than brennan. i will go right to the white house. >> obama knew, he was running the show. comey testified about that. he said before i met with trump about the dossier i was in the oval office with the president and biden. judge jeanine: charlie kirk is next. ny...
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funding that the obama administration and border experts continue to argue is a good idea. and essential idea. right here in the senate i'm sorry to say my democratic colleagues have fallen in line. based on their actions my colleagues across the aisle that for federal workers to keep going without pay rather than invest 11000th of federal spending into the same type of border security that they themselves voted repeatedly to fund the last two years. have a hard time believing every last one of our democratic colleagues really stands with speaker pelosi. that's hard to believe. is are to blame senate dedemocrats all their recent votes on border security were actually immoral it is better to keep the government shutdown then invest 11000th of federal spending that the obama administration bragged about building. so itt is hard for me to believe my distinguished colleaguesan are understandably very concerned with those circumstances with the federal workforce but to echo speaker pelosi's position then to work the white house to find a real compromise and reopen the government
funding that the obama administration and border experts continue to argue is a good idea. and essential idea. right here in the senate i'm sorry to say my democratic colleagues have fallen in line. based on their actions my colleagues across the aisle that for federal workers to keep going without pay rather than invest 11000th of federal spending into the same type of border security that they themselves voted repeatedly to fund the last two years. have a hard time believing every last one of...
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did the obama administration provide lethal weapons? >> no, sir. >> they provided mres and blankets and things like that. in your deposition you also said president obama's objection was because it might provoke the russians and in fact you testified in your deposition that the obama administration didn't have a good argument since russia had already provoked and they have invaded ukraine. is that correct? >> that's correct, sir. >> it's a shame he didn't take the advice of combat veteran like you, sir. someone who understands what deterrence provides, because a lot of ukrainian lives could have been saved. if he had taken your advice. in your deposition you said, and i quote "happy, you were happy with the trump administration's assistance" and it provided both lethal and financial aid. did it not? >> it did, sir. >> and you also stated that it was a substantial improvement, is that correct? >> correct, sir. >> so now we're providing what kills russians tanks. mres and blankes do not do that. today you said i was beginning to think the
did the obama administration provide lethal weapons? >> no, sir. >> they provided mres and blankets and things like that. in your deposition you also said president obama's objection was because it might provoke the russians and in fact you testified in your deposition that the obama administration didn't have a good argument since russia had already provoked and they have invaded ukraine. is that correct? >> that's correct, sir. >> it's a shame he didn't take the advice...
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i've constantly discussed all we've been doing to correct the obama administration's failures to respond more assertively to the russian threat, including on election security. so, mr. president, let me make this crystal clear for the hyperventilating hacks who haven't actually followed this issue. every single member of the senate agrees that russian meddling was real and is real. we all agree that the federal government, state governments and the private sector all have obligations to take this threat seriously and bolster our defenses. claims to the contrary, claims that anybody here denies what russia did on president obama's wash -- watch are just lies. not partisan distortion, not clever spin. just total fabrications. now at least this show is honest about what it offers and it isn't journalism. immediately after the host finished his angry string of false claims and called me un-american, another panelist shined in to applaud the remarks, and here's what he said, quote, we're at war. it's time for the democrats to wake up, and we're not necessarily going to play fair. not necessar
i've constantly discussed all we've been doing to correct the obama administration's failures to respond more assertively to the russian threat, including on election security. so, mr. president, let me make this crystal clear for the hyperventilating hacks who haven't actually followed this issue. every single member of the senate agrees that russian meddling was real and is real. we all agree that the federal government, state governments and the private sector all have obligations to take...
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veterans of the obama administration not happy about it. so joining me now to discuss, julian castro, the democratic presidential candidate who was the secretary of housing and urban development under president obama. thank you so much. i appreciate you joining us. i know it's a busy time for you personally. i was up on the stage for you, and i so -- in detroit. so i thank you for joining us. listen, i got to ask you, i want to get your reaction to what we just heard from president obama's former campaign press secretary, ben lablot. what do you think about that, secretary castro? >> well, i mean, let's go back to last night. what i said was that i thought vice president biden should learn the lessons of the past when it comes to immigration. now, i don't think you're going to find somebody that's been more effusive in his praise about barack obama than i have been over the years. as somebody that served him in his cabinet. i said that last night. i said, you know, when trump is trying to take credit for the economic recovery that belongs t
veterans of the obama administration not happy about it. so joining me now to discuss, julian castro, the democratic presidential candidate who was the secretary of housing and urban development under president obama. thank you so much. i appreciate you joining us. i know it's a busy time for you personally. i was up on the stage for you, and i so -- in detroit. so i thank you for joining us. listen, i got to ask you, i want to get your reaction to what we just heard from president obama's...
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would be concern and remain concerned of the number of people removed turned obama administration. i am academic and not a politician so that's what i will claim to answering why he rolled out daca, i support daca as a policy and i'm glad that he announced it and i think if we go back to the earlier framing of how we used discretion, did we use discretion and have compassion underlying it or do we use it for cruelty, i think we see some real differences between the obama administration and the trump administration and so we can -- we can discuss kind of who should not have been deported or targeted under the obama administration, but i would say that as a matter of policy the decision to announce prosecutorial discretion in the open, in fact, daca is the only reason the american public even knows what deferred action is and the fact that he had delegates in arms of the department of homeland security at least announce prosecutorial discretion policy that uses and announces equities an circumstances that should be considered in the exercise of discretion. i see the former administra
would be concern and remain concerned of the number of people removed turned obama administration. i am academic and not a politician so that's what i will claim to answering why he rolled out daca, i support daca as a policy and i'm glad that he announced it and i think if we go back to the earlier framing of how we used discretion, did we use discretion and have compassion underlying it or do we use it for cruelty, i think we see some real differences between the obama administration and the...
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the trump administration and do things better than the obama administration when it cometo this. >> you've said -- and this is a quote -- "i have learned the lessons of the past. it seems vice president biden hasn't." what'd you meaby that? >> well, that was a conversation tiout section 1325 of the immigration ality act. and i acknowledge that we can do things in a better way than we've done them in the past, whether we're talking about nidemocratic administration or a republican adration. and i've laid out a plan for how i would do that if i'm president. and i hope that everybody will learn those lessons. >> yeah, well, 2013me was a real snd a miss because the united states congress passed -- senate passed a bipartisanat immin bill, which would certainly fall short of your standard today, but in the process of sausage-making, nobody's happy. and it might have moved the bale forward had thblican house been willing to vote on it. and i woer what you think about the role of assimilation as part of that debate. how do you think about assimilation? y the reason i a, mr. secretary, is be
the trump administration and do things better than the obama administration when it cometo this. >> you've said -- and this is a quote -- "i have learned the lessons of the past. it seems vice president biden hasn't." what'd you meaby that? >> well, that was a conversation tiout section 1325 of the immigration ality act. and i acknowledge that we can do things in a better way than we've done them in the past, whether we're talking about nidemocratic administration or a...
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in the obama administration, best day. >> the best days of the obama administration. >> there were many, but the happiest day for me had nothing to do with foreign-policy. it was the day that the supreme court affirmed the rights of gay marriage. and that was such a happy day because, so right. and two, it was so joyful. and it mattered in the most profound way to so many of our colleagues. and i get choked up thinking about it but we lit up the white house in rainbow colors and everybody celebrated. regardless of their sexual orientation or whothey loved. it was a moment of just pure joy . >> i wouldn't have guessed that. worst day for you. >> too many to count. i write about in the book some of the worst days definitely probably sorry susan is not here to hear this revolved around the snowden experience. some tough days aroundrussian interference in the election . but i honestly can't name all of them. there are also a lot of good days when it came to national security and foreign policy. the opening to cuba and the fact that as i write in the book we stuck the landing on and we had t
in the obama administration, best day. >> the best days of the obama administration. >> there were many, but the happiest day for me had nothing to do with foreign-policy. it was the day that the supreme court affirmed the rights of gay marriage. and that was such a happy day because, so right. and two, it was so joyful. and it mattered in the most profound way to so many of our colleagues. and i get choked up thinking about it but we lit up the white house in rainbow colors and...
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the strong support came with this administration, not the obama administration, not the obama administration and may be now we understand what president obama meant when he told russian president medvedev that he had more flexibility after his election. maybe that flexibility was to deny lethal aid to the ukraine? allowing russia to march in and kill ukrainians? again, in your deposition you are urged the obama administration officials to provide lethal weapons to ukraine in order to deter further russian aggression. now, they have that under this administration, don't they? they have the javelins, yes sir.” administration, don't they? they have the javelins, yes sir. i would like to yield the remainder of my time to mr ratcliffe. no pressure, no demands, nothing corrupt, nothing. nothing on the call. that is what we heard president zelensky say, and the charges against president trump have repeatedly and consistently been denied, you have heard the defence now, from chairmanship, he is lying because he has to. he has to lie, because the threat, the demands, the distortion that house democ
the strong support came with this administration, not the obama administration, not the obama administration and may be now we understand what president obama meant when he told russian president medvedev that he had more flexibility after his election. maybe that flexibility was to deny lethal aid to the ukraine? allowing russia to march in and kill ukrainians? again, in your deposition you are urged the obama administration officials to provide lethal weapons to ukraine in order to deter...
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administration not the obama administration and maybe now we understand what president obama meant when he told russian president medvedev that he'd have more flexibility after his election maybe that flexibility was to deny lethal aid to the ukraine allowing russia to march right in and kill ukrainians again in your deposition you urged the obama administration officials to provide lethal defensive weapons to ukraine in order to deter further russian aggression and now they have that under this administration don't they mr ambassador they have the job i'm just sir thank you and i would like to yield the remainder of my time to mr reckless i thank the gentleman for yielding so. no pressure no demands no conditions nothing corrupt no nothing nothing on the call that's what we heard president zelinsky say and because house democrats charges against president trump have been publicly repeatedly consistently been denied by president alinsky you heard the defense now from chairmanship he's lying because he has to he has to lie because. the threats the demands the blackmail the extortion that
administration not the obama administration and maybe now we understand what president obama meant when he told russian president medvedev that he'd have more flexibility after his election maybe that flexibility was to deny lethal aid to the ukraine allowing russia to march right in and kill ukrainians again in your deposition you urged the obama administration officials to provide lethal defensive weapons to ukraine in order to deter further russian aggression and now they have that under...
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progressives even suggesting the obama administration was not left leaning enough. joining me to break it down, contributing editor to the daily caller darren hunter, welcome to you both. ted miller who was comedic asians director for jeb bush said this. it is mind-boggling that there would be several candidates taking shots at barack obama when he is probably popular, trump isn't in the whole point of the enterprise is beating trump. what is going on? >> we had a little bipartisanship, republicans want to the obama administration was an unmitigated disaster and last night democrats agreed. for different reasons but the principle stands. very interesting. at how far the left of the democratic party has moved in just the last few years, barack obama was incredibly progressive, incredibly left-wing and it isn't good enough anymore. kind of fun to watch when they attack their own and joe biden didn't know how to respond to it. he was really taken aback by the harshness and criticism of the obama administration from the left. >> he suggested reaction to the debate that
progressives even suggesting the obama administration was not left leaning enough. joining me to break it down, contributing editor to the daily caller darren hunter, welcome to you both. ted miller who was comedic asians director for jeb bush said this. it is mind-boggling that there would be several candidates taking shots at barack obama when he is probably popular, trump isn't in the whole point of the enterprise is beating trump. what is going on? >> we had a little bipartisanship,...
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but the calculation of the obama administration was not to pull out. so talk to us about what those conversations were like and why that decision was made versus this move by the trump administration. >> well, poppy, that's exactly right. russia's noncompliance with the inf treaty is nothing new. we've had detailed intelligence for years. what we've seen is the trump administration make a cost/benefit calculation that it is better to violate the agreement and to begin testing and potentially deploying missiles that would allow us not to lose some kind of competitive edge to russia, as they've been violating this agreement. my issue is not really just with the withdrawal from the treaty itself, which nato had supported, but rather with the fact that we have no realistic way to negotiate a new agreement. we've withdrawn and it is unrealistic to think that we will be able to negotiate a new agreement that would limit the deployment and development of these missiles. and what we're seeing is the nuking of the nonproliferation architecture across the world.
but the calculation of the obama administration was not to pull out. so talk to us about what those conversations were like and why that decision was made versus this move by the trump administration. >> well, poppy, that's exactly right. russia's noncompliance with the inf treaty is nothing new. we've had detailed intelligence for years. what we've seen is the trump administration make a cost/benefit calculation that it is better to violate the agreement and to begin testing and...
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let's go back to 2014, 2015, 2016, obama administration. what is u.s. policy toward ukraine at this time? >> u.s. policy towards ukraine since ukraine's independent from the soviet union has been fairly consistent in pushing ukraine on anticorruption reform. that's been one of the corner stones of u.s. messaging in ukraine for decades, and that's been fairly consistent, both under barack obama and under president trump, and you know, under the obama administration this was very much carried by his ambassadors to ukraine who have long played a strong role in kiev in working with politicians there to try and convey the message of, look, you need to clean up corruption. >> what was then vice president joe biden's role? >> so joe biden was obama's point person in ukraine, and he really carried that message for the president. he also oversaw the u.s. response -- perhaps not the u.s. response but the u.s. messaging when it came to conflict in ukraine, the russian annexation of crimea, it was 2014 where you had russia lops off a chunk of ukraine, annexes crime
let's go back to 2014, 2015, 2016, obama administration. what is u.s. policy toward ukraine at this time? >> u.s. policy towards ukraine since ukraine's independent from the soviet union has been fairly consistent in pushing ukraine on anticorruption reform. that's been one of the corner stones of u.s. messaging in ukraine for decades, and that's been fairly consistent, both under barack obama and under president trump, and you know, under the obama administration this was very much...
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laura, a strong defense of his own handling, taking some shots at the obama administration. quoting president trump. interesting comments from the outgoing deputy attorney general. >> yeah, jim, it was really rosenstein unleashed. it was an event honoring his 30-year career at the justice department. by the armenian bar association. he spent the better part of 25 minute certainly getting things off his chest for the past two years. on the handling of the mueller investigation in particular, a vigorous defense of his own oversight of that probe. take a listen to what he said on that issue. >> i did pledge to do it right and to take it to the appropriate conclusion. i did not promise to report all results to the public because as my fellow u.s. attorneys know well, grand jury investigations are exparty proceedings. it's not our job to render conclusive factual findings. we just decide whether it's appropriate to file criminal charges. >> making a reference to robert mueller's report, which did not reach a conclusion on obstruction of justice, an issue that has been hotly debat
laura, a strong defense of his own handling, taking some shots at the obama administration. quoting president trump. interesting comments from the outgoing deputy attorney general. >> yeah, jim, it was really rosenstein unleashed. it was an event honoring his 30-year career at the justice department. by the armenian bar association. he spent the better part of 25 minute certainly getting things off his chest for the past two years. on the handling of the mueller investigation in...
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the strong support came with this administration, not the obama administration. and maybe now we understand what president obama meant when he told russian president medvedev that he would have more flexibility after his election. maybe that flexibility was to deny lethal aid to the ukraine, allowing russia to march right in and kill ukrainians. again, in your deposition, you urged the obama administration officials to provide lethal defensive weapons to ukraine in order to deter further russian aggression. and now they have that under this administration. don't they, mr. ambassador? >> they have the javelins, yes, sir. >> thank you. and i would like to yield the remainder of my time to mr. ratcliffe. >> i thank the gentleman for yielding. so, no pressure, no demands, no conditions. nothing corrupt. no -- nothing. nothing on the call. that's what we heard president zelensky say and because house democrats charges against president trump have been publicly, repeatedly consistently been denied by president zelensky, you heard the defense now from chairman schiff. h
the strong support came with this administration, not the obama administration. and maybe now we understand what president obama meant when he told russian president medvedev that he would have more flexibility after his election. maybe that flexibility was to deny lethal aid to the ukraine, allowing russia to march right in and kill ukrainians. again, in your deposition, you urged the obama administration officials to provide lethal defensive weapons to ukraine in order to deter further...
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elizabeth: do you want to live in a world where the administration like the obama administration subpoenas phone records and harasses reporters at the associated press, the "new york times," fox news, or the fbi under the obama administration launches espionage on a political opponent based on false accusations that were bankrolled by democrats, where democrat adam schiff is now the first congressman to try to get the phone records and put them in an impeachment report of his political rivals to get rid of the president. let's talk about with it trump 2020 campaign communications director. he's at the president's rally in hershey, pennsylvania. great to see you, tim. your reaction to all of that and the fbi fisa abuse report. >> it's just as bad as we always expected it would be. the abuses that went in the fbi and the things that were omitted, the things that were outright falsified and me f-- ad nefarious are generously called errors. they relied on the steele dossier which was a completely bogus document and even relied on it to renew the fisa applications even when it was known inside
elizabeth: do you want to live in a world where the administration like the obama administration subpoenas phone records and harasses reporters at the associated press, the "new york times," fox news, or the fbi under the obama administration launches espionage on a political opponent based on false accusations that were bankrolled by democrats, where democrat adam schiff is now the first congressman to try to get the phone records and put them in an impeachment report of his...
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on obama administration policy is vice president joe biden. who goes to ukraine almost immediately. two months afterrian - --ian cos driven from po power. the company decides a great idea to hire the vice president's son as a consult an and board member, hunter biden has no background in energy or ukraine, and hired to help them with recessioregulatory come lines. >> do we know what he did. >> we don't know. >> what was he paid. >> 83,000 a month, transferred to financial record in morgan stanley. we know the amount. business partner was charged with financial fraud in 2016, as a result of that financial records came to light. we know how much he was being paid. keep in wind -- burismarc is a corrupt company, there was a lot of western firms that would not deal with them, partly because it was headed by the ukrainian oligarch. who was former energy minister in the yanakovic government. high put them in his open company. >> steals state assets. puts them in his own company. company that hired hunterred by glebiden?>> correct. >> who is on the b
on obama administration policy is vice president joe biden. who goes to ukraine almost immediately. two months afterrian - --ian cos driven from po power. the company decides a great idea to hire the vice president's son as a consult an and board member, hunter biden has no background in energy or ukraine, and hired to help them with recessioregulatory come lines. >> do we know what he did. >> we don't know. >> what was he paid. >> 83,000 a month, transferred to...
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so this is a much more narrow rule than what the obama administration proposed. instead of this broad menu of options for how power plants could cut emissions, it focuses only on the efficiency piece. so power plants can make efficien efficiency improvements at the facility level. that's pretty much it. >> the law that governs environmental standards for -- air standards for the u.s., is the 1970 clean air act passed in 1970. revisions made in 1977 and 1990. this is the law that requires congress, requires the epa, to establish national ambient air quality standards for certain common pollutants. so in both the obama administration and now in the trump administration, they have made these rulings. what can congress do in the -- what -- does congress have to take a role in terms of codifying these rules into permanent law? >> well, once this -- now that this rule is finalized, the next step will be litigation. so we'll see how the courts decide to handle this. congress could separately decide to pass legislation to establish specific greenhouse gas controls on pow
so this is a much more narrow rule than what the obama administration proposed. instead of this broad menu of options for how power plants could cut emissions, it focuses only on the efficiency piece. so power plants can make efficien efficiency improvements at the facility level. that's pretty much it. >> the law that governs environmental standards for -- air standards for the u.s., is the 1970 clean air act passed in 1970. revisions made in 1977 and 1990. this is the law that requires...
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the owner was under president obama's administration that's correct. you testified also quote we spent roughly half a $1000000.00 of state department money in support of the f.b.i. and this investigation to build capacity and track down stolen assets end quote is that correct that's correct it was launched in may 2014 by the attorney general the u.s. and u.k. in conjunction with the world bank and in fact by 2016 you were so concerned about corruption questions really related to that when there was an effort to sponsor an essay contest with the usa id you asked usa id to stop it that's correct and you testified that it was because quote karisma had a poor reputation in the business and that you didn't think it was appropriate for the u.s. government to be co-sponsoring something with a company that had a bad bad reputation correct you are also aware and you testified today that hunter biden served on the board of barista correct and you also testified that you were indeed concerned about the appearance of conflict of interest that's correct and broadly
the owner was under president obama's administration that's correct. you testified also quote we spent roughly half a $1000000.00 of state department money in support of the f.b.i. and this investigation to build capacity and track down stolen assets end quote is that correct that's correct it was launched in may 2014 by the attorney general the u.s. and u.k. in conjunction with the world bank and in fact by 2016 you were so concerned about corruption questions really related to that when there...
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we have a trump administration itself finding that the obama administration's clean power plan is a commonsense rule and the single largest thing our country has done to cut cold burning power pollution from power plants that could action prevent 4500 premature deaths a year 2030. it would also benefit the economy in terms of climate and public health benefits by $54 billion. it is astounding that we are continuing to debate how much climate change is happening. why would we be fiddling around with this we have a chance to go back on offense and be a world leader. india and china are eating our lunch, they own 99% of the world electricity, they have high goals for getting to renewable energy. we are seeing an incredible opportunity to lead the world in the green energy economy and it doesn't make any sense. host: two guests joining us for this discussion, tiernan sittenfeld and james taylor. lewis, in california, good morning. caller: hello. i think we should do more to conserve energy, i have solar panels on my house right now and i'm satisfied with what i'm getting out of them. i don't unders
we have a trump administration itself finding that the obama administration's clean power plan is a commonsense rule and the single largest thing our country has done to cut cold burning power pollution from power plants that could action prevent 4500 premature deaths a year 2030. it would also benefit the economy in terms of climate and public health benefits by $54 billion. it is astounding that we are continuing to debate how much climate change is happening. why would we be fiddling around...
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remind our viewers what the obama administration put in place and why you want it reversed. guest: not only do i want it reversed, the supreme court said it needed to be halted and they halted it. the clean power plan was put in place by the obama administration and was going to kill jobs. it would have cost our economy a lot of money. epa has reverse that and with the clean energy role they came out, it is a much better rule. it will give states the certainty and guidelines they need, and let them implement them. at works a lot better and will serve the american public better than what was in place. host: the clean power rule required states to meet targets. the goal was to reduce the u.s. power sector emissions 32% by 2030. the affordable clean energy rule was lower power sector emissions by 11 million tons by 2030, between .7 and .5%, and eliminate the target requiring states to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. you said the dutch supreme court said this was not constitutional. -- supreme court said this was not constitutional. guest: the supreme court halted this rule, an
remind our viewers what the obama administration put in place and why you want it reversed. guest: not only do i want it reversed, the supreme court said it needed to be halted and they halted it. the clean power plan was put in place by the obama administration and was going to kill jobs. it would have cost our economy a lot of money. epa has reverse that and with the clean energy role they came out, it is a much better rule. it will give states the certainty and guidelines they need, and let...
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/biden administration was sharply critiquing obama's record last night on the debate stage. he is not just a popular politician. former president obama is the most popular recent two-term successful president of the united states. i'll remind you something that joe biden raised last night. it was the stimulus and the way it was structured that's responsible for saving the american automobile industry. that really helped put michigan and detroit back on its feet. the debate last night was held in detroit. joe biden because of his personal connection to and enthusiasm for the automobile industry, which was long an anchor of the middle class in delaware as well really fought hard to save the auto industry. that's just one of many pieces of the obama/biden legacy that could have been talked about positively last night. i wish we were spending more of our time focusing on the argument we have to make to middle america. why should you give us back the keys? why should you trust a democrat to run the country through the white house and give us a majority in the senate again? we hav
/biden administration was sharply critiquing obama's record last night on the debate stage. he is not just a popular politician. former president obama is the most popular recent two-term successful president of the united states. i'll remind you something that joe biden raised last night. it was the stimulus and the way it was structured that's responsible for saving the american automobile industry. that really helped put michigan and detroit back on its feet. the debate last night was held...
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how the obama administration ind their final days vastly expanded the intelligence sharing capabilities of america's most powerful agencies. we talked about this executive order. it was the basis of all of this. i was warning about this as far back as 2017. now days before president trump's inauguration, the officers of director of national intelligence pushed to overhaul the sharing of raw intelligence which expanded the sharing of this raw intelligence from just three agencies to 17. why would they want to impose standards on the incoming administration? standards they never imposed on themselves for 8 years? according to new documents, the director of national intelligence office was eager to get the new procedures signed by the attorney general before the conclusion of this administration. not only that, around the same time the general counsel wrote: i really want to get this done and so does the boss, likely reference to clapper. any chance that thee boss is obama?ap what did obama and biden know? hopefully we will get answers one day. all of this russian interference happened on
how the obama administration ind their final days vastly expanded the intelligence sharing capabilities of america's most powerful agencies. we talked about this executive order. it was the basis of all of this. i was warning about this as far back as 2017. now days before president trump's inauguration, the officers of director of national intelligence pushed to overhaul the sharing of raw intelligence which expanded the sharing of this raw intelligence from just three agencies to 17. why...
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heather: joe biden defending the obama administration's immigration policy during last night's debate but did he get it right? to separate fact from fiction is a legal immigrant, thank you for joining us, you state of and watched last night. overall in terms of the candidates what did you think of their answers to trump's immigration and biden? >> dealing with these debates most of the time, not being factually. what happened in 2016, the obama administration was sued by the aclu and call the deplorable in ice boxes and at one point the obama administration, he deported over 3 million people so joe biden should -- living up to the failures of the previous administration and point out the fact -- it will be 20 the number of deportations during his term well over 3 million total which is why he was referred to as the deepwater in chief. the pictures that have been shown, some of the media organizations trying to attribute this to donald trump but these pictures were from the time president obama was in office. >> for me it was completely silent on the obama administration, the immigrati
heather: joe biden defending the obama administration's immigration policy during last night's debate but did he get it right? to separate fact from fiction is a legal immigrant, thank you for joining us, you state of and watched last night. overall in terms of the candidates what did you think of their answers to trump's immigration and biden? >> dealing with these debates most of the time, not being factually. what happened in 2016, the obama administration was sued by the aclu and call...
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she wrote an op-ed defending the obama administration sending snuggies. she has a relationship with the state department and the deep state. those connections with well known. these people all knew each other. fiona hill said she believes steele's information, he was playing them and probably trying to make a few bucs. i can't emphasize enough the witnesses against donald trump in the impeachment trial are key players in hiding ukrainian efforts to spy on the trump team. the nellie ohr source in ukraine. she swears poroshenko is her source. he appears in the do not prosecute list. why yovanovich? the same players. judge jeanine: everything they accuse the president of, they are guilty of. you point one finger, four point back at you. dan bongino. thanks so much. carter page joins me in a few moments. new details on hunter biden and those pesky connections. fox news contributor john solomon with new information next. [♪] >> i want people to see the document of the money laundered that went to hunter biden which in and of itself is the crime of money laun
she wrote an op-ed defending the obama administration sending snuggies. she has a relationship with the state department and the deep state. those connections with well known. these people all knew each other. fiona hill said she believes steele's information, he was playing them and probably trying to make a few bucs. i can't emphasize enough the witnesses against donald trump in the impeachment trial are key players in hiding ukrainian efforts to spy on the trump team. the nellie ohr source...
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is the abuse under obama administration, overreach, seizing of phone records. from reporters, irs targeting conservatives. and that sort of i think set the stage. >> i think that given that overreach of governmental power does not seem to be such a great leap. both they did these things, nobody paid price. lois lerner, the person spearheading this to sandbag tea party group effort to get 501 c4 status, she was allowed to retire, got her 175,000 pay, she is collecting her full pension, nobody went to jail for this, let's look -- >> even "new york times" said in 2016, obama created kind of government neither he or republicans wanted that -- won't mr. obama government the taste for it he pursued his executive power without apol apology. that sound bite of chuck schumer saying. they will come back at you. >> you take on the intelligence community, they have 6 ways from sunday at getting back at you. even for a practical hard nose businessman he is being really dumb to do this. >> what do you think intelligence community would do. >> i don't know, but from what i am
is the abuse under obama administration, overreach, seizing of phone records. from reporters, irs targeting conservatives. and that sort of i think set the stage. >> i think that given that overreach of governmental power does not seem to be such a great leap. both they did these things, nobody paid price. lois lerner, the person spearheading this to sandbag tea party group effort to get 501 c4 status, she was allowed to retire, got her 175,000 pay, she is collecting her full pension,...
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cooperated by the administration, the obama administration, or mr. burton who was chairman of the government oversight committee. thousands and thousands and thousands of pages of subpoenaed evidence or information. but i will frankly, madam speaker, look look at this information and -- because i believe it is a very serious and egregious accusation that mr. schiff or the committee spied on anybody. and they may not like the discovery process or the information that was accomplished by the discovery process. they may be upset that it did not absolve the president of the united states from clearly abusing his power as president of the united states for his personal gain. but i have no reason to believe and no evidence has been offered just a bald face assertion that somehow, madam speaker, mr. schiff spied on people. i reject that and believe that to be totally without merit. and i yield back. mr. scalise: i would hope the gentleman would work with us to get to the bottom of this. the gentleman said he is not aware of what the chairman is doing, neith
cooperated by the administration, the obama administration, or mr. burton who was chairman of the government oversight committee. thousands and thousands and thousands of pages of subpoenaed evidence or information. but i will frankly, madam speaker, look look at this information and -- because i believe it is a very serious and egregious accusation that mr. schiff or the committee spied on anybody. and they may not like the discovery process or the information that was accomplished by the...